Does esotropia surgery have a chance of recurrence?

All esotropia surgeries may potentially recur. However, some patients fail to follow medical instructions and remove their corrective lenses on their own, leading to recurrent strabismus. The main manifestation of esotropia is the pupil in each eye naturally or abnormally shifting toward the midline, making the eyes appear crossed—hence the common term "crossed eyes." In a normal individual, both eyes fixate on the same object, forming separate images on the retinas of each eye, which then overlap in the brain's visual center to create a single, unified, three-dimensional image. This function is known as binocular single vision.